... Even if you don't, sometimes instead of a feeling of burning that most people get with heartburn, you get a tickle or a foreign sensation which causes you to cough or clear your throat. Have you just tried taking an antacid? ... (7 replies)

... which is a bacterial infection of the lungs. I took antibiotics and a tuberculosis medicine from July 2003 to Sept. 2004 for that. The doctor took me off the medicine but I think I still have the MAC. ... (10 replies)

... Literally I've had bronchitis back to back for two months. It happened a lot last year too. I went to an allergist when I had bronchits last time. They did a bunch of tests and found that I don't have asthma. So what on earth could be causing it? ... (4 replies)

... more I smoked the more I coughed.. I did quit about 4 months ago, because I was sick of coughing up big lumps of phlegm in the mornings, and I was also starting to get a pain in the bottom right of my rib cage. ... (4 replies)

... beginning of August. I had a tickle in my throat and would have coughing fits. I talked to a friend who is an RN, and they said it sounded like allergies. I went and got some Claritin and Benadryl and took it as instructed. ... (1 replies)